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THE CASUALTIES OF 2/5 for 3 September totaled 18 dead and 77 wounded, most of
them being taken by Company D. (5th Marines had 30 +1 corpsman total)
Lieutenant Colonel Murray ordered the 3d Battalion to pass
through the 2d, therefore, and continue the attack on the right of the MSR at 0800 the next morning. The 1st
Battalion was to resume its advance south of the MSR, while the
Reconnaissance Company far out on the left would
move forward to a new blocking position. [1]